• A position sensitive device and/or position sensitive detector (PSD) is an optical position sensor (OPS) that can measure a position of a light spot in...
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  • former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, India Optical position sensor, a position sensitive device Off-premises station, a telephone extension located off-site...
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  • granular materials Platform screen doors, in railway platforms Position sensitive device or detector, a two-dimensional photodetector Positive semidefinite...
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  • automation, ANSI Device Numbers can be used to identify equipment and devices in a system such as relays, circuit breakers, or instruments. The device numbers...
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  • Odometer Photoelectric sensor Piezoelectric accelerometer Position sensor Position sensitive device Angular rate sensor Rotary encoder Rotary variable differential...
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    touch-sensitive (T). It is rooted in the human motor/sensory system. Continuous manual input devices are categorized. Sub-columns distinguish devices that...
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  • lens and projected onto a Quadrant Photo-Diode (QPD), i.e. a Position sensitive device (PSD). These two components interfere in the detector and produce...
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    onto an object from a hand-held device and a sensor (typically a charge-coupled device or position sensitive device) measures the distance to the surface...
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    A satellite navigation (satnav) device or GPS device is a device that uses satellites of the Global Positioning System (GPS) or similar global navigation...
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    power delivered to a device by switching frequently between on and off states. They may be used for situations that are not sensitive to such changes, such...
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    residual-current device (RCD), residual-current circuit breaker (RCCB) or ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) is an electrical safety device, more specifically...
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    breaker action using solid state device Ground-fault protection or residual-current device – circuit breaker sensitive to mains currents passing to ground...
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    harmful device, such as a bomb. The switch that arms the device is only kept in its "off" position by continued pressure from the user's hand. The device will...
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    Wired glove (category Computing input devices)
    tracker, such as a magnetic tracking device or inertial tracking device, is attached to capture the global position/rotation data of the glove. These movements...
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  • plate, an electron imaging plate (usual technique today) or other position sensitive devices such as hybrid pixel detectors (future technique). The intensities...
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    An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional...
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    which increases the effective responsivity of the device. A phototransistor is a light-sensitive transistor. A common type of phototransistor, the bipolar...
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    Touchpad (category Pointing devices)
    pointing device. Its largest component is a tactile sensor: an electronic device with a flat surface, that detects the motion and position of a user's...
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    field's effect inside the cage. This phenomenon can be used to protect sensitive electronic equipment (for example RF receivers) from external radio frequency...
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    night-vision device (NVD), also known as a night optical/observation device (NOD) or night-vision goggle (NVG), is an optoelectronic device that allows...
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    Rotary encoder (category Position sensors)
    also called a shaft encoder, is an electro-mechanical device that converts the angular position or motion of a shaft or axle to analog or digital output...
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    to the device. RTU outputs may also consist of driving a sensitive logic input on an electronic PLC, or other electronic device using a sensitive 5 V input...
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    requests of connected IoT devices in order to reduce loading on the cloud servers and improve responsiveness for latency-sensitive IoT applications like vital...
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    Hall effect sensor (category Position sensors)
    effect devices (when appropriately packaged) are immune to dust, dirt, mud, and water. These characteristics make Hall effect devices better for position sensing...
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    Pointing stick (category Pointing devices)
    sensitive transducer for use in a computer keyboard", issued 1996-02-06  US US6115030, Viktors Berstis & Thomas Guthrie Zimmerman, "Trackpoint device"...
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  • devices or for the sharing and use of large datasets that contain sensitive information. The main strategies for erasing personal data from devices are...
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    A Sybian (/ˈsɪbiən/), or Sybian saddle, is a type of masturbation device, consisting of a hollow saddle-like seat containing two electric motors, motor...
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    A computer mouse (plural mice; also mouses) is a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface. This motion is typically...
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    except that the light-sensitive device is replaced by a variable light source, driven by the signal provided by the acquisition device. Some means of synchronizing...
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  • desktop Linux distributions, Android device owners are not given root access to the operating system and sensitive partitions such as /system/ are partially...
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